Total SA Careers: Job Vacancy for Senior Drilling Engineer

Total S.A. is a French multinational oil company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world.

Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in the La Défense district in Courbevoie, near Paris.



As one of the five largest publicly-traded integrated oil and gas companies, Total has operations in more than 130 countries, working across all stages of the petroleum industry; from exploration to sales and marketing. At Total we recognise that the technical skills and expertise of our 97, 000 employees are our most important competitive advantage. United by a shared culture, our specialists have made Total a sound, resilient enterprise, focused on our core businesses and enjoying unmatched growth opportunities.

Job Title:  Senior Drilling Engineer 
Company : Total Sa
Contract : permanent position 
Branch : Exploration Production
Location : Worldwide - Toutes Villes
Interviews will take place in : France / Abroad

An exciting opportunity to see the world as part of Total’s Exploration and Production (E&P) team has arisen for senior engineers with strong experience and expertise in the required discipline. Our E&P team is active in 42 countries across the globe and current opportunities offer attractive, long-term contracts in various international locations on a family or rotational basis.

As a Senior Drilling Engineer you will: 
- Manage, lead ,coordinate drilling operations and engineering activities for deepwater operations and ensure the coordination within 2G&R,
- Ensure the drilling programmes are issued in a timely manner and roll out on the rig,
- Ensure the application of the Company Rules within the programs, apply for derogations,
- Ensure optimum involvement of all HQ departments for optimised operations, and the HQ studies are issued qualitatively in a timely manner within the corresponding budget,
- Ensure that proper HSE management procedures are in place and followed,
- Ensure the application of the Drilling Improvement Process,
- Ensure the technical analysis of the drilling operation and produce end of well reports in a timely


Required skills

Education
Will be a Graduated drilling engineer.
Will hold a valid IWCF well control certificate and Bosiet training.
Will have the knowledge of deep water drilling environment.
Will have a high level of awareness of Health and Safety issues and be able to encourage good practice in others.
Will be fluent in both spoken and written English

Experience
Will have an international field experience – minimum 10 years in the petroleum industry.
Will have some people management experience and the ability to motivate, inspire and lead multi-disciplinary teams.

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